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Section 1. Admission arrangements COMPLETED / NOT COMPLIANT
The admission arrangements section is different depending on your school type and who determines your admissions Every maintained school and academy trust must publish their admission arrangements to comply with the:
school admissions code school admission appeals code
The school admissions and appeals codes do not apply to special academies, alternative provision settings or stand-alone 16 to 19 institutions.
September Admissions - normal point of entry
By 15 March each year, the school or trust must publish on its website: the admission arrangements for children who will be starting school at the normal point of entry in September of the following year. It must retain them there for the whole of the academic year in which offers for places are made.
Comment: The admission arrangements must clearly explain: Application Process: How the trust considers applications for places in each relevant age group. see this blog posthttps://www schudio com/admission-arrangement-regulations-school-website/
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how the school or trust considers applications for places in each relevant age group (that is, the age group in which children are normally admitted to its schools)
1.2. Academy Free School Maintained Multi Academy Trust NO 1.3.
how many children the school or trust intends to admit in each relevant age group (known as the published admission number, or PAN)
Comment: Published Admission Number (PAN): The number of children the trust intends to admit in each relevant age group for each Academy.
what a parent or carer needs to do if they want to apply for their child to attend the school
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how the school or trust allocates places if there are more applicants than places available
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Where applicable, the school or trust must also explain how: children applying to a selective school are selected for a place a parent or carer of a primary-age child can request that a school delay or defer their child’s entry to reception, and the process for requesting admission outside the normal age group how many external applicants a school intends to admit into the sixth form
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1.7.
NO 1.8.
In-year admissions
1.9.
By 31 August each year, the school or trust must publish: how it will manage in-year applications for places (that is, applications for places in the middle of a school year, or to start in the September of a year which is not the normal point of entry).
If the trust manages those applications, it must provide:
1.10.
an application form
1.11.
supplementary information, if necessary If the local authority manages those applications, the school or trust must publish a link to the in-year application coordination scheme.
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Admission appeals By 28 February each year, the school or trust must publish a timetable setting out how it will organise and hear admission appeals.
Free School Maintained Multi Academy Trust NO 1.13.
This timetable must:
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include a deadline that allows a parent or carer at least 20 school days from the date of noti cation that their application was unsuccessful to prepare and lodge a written appeal
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include reasonable deadlines for: a parent or carer to submit additional evidence admission authorities to submit their evidence the clerk to send appeal papers to the panel and parties
NO 1.16.
ensure that a parent or carer lodging an appeal receives at least 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing
1.17.
ensure that decision letters are sent within 5 school days of the hearing, wherever possible
What 16 to 19 academies and FE colleges should publish 16 to 19 academies and FE colleges should publish their admission arrangements
N/A 1.18.
The school admissions and appeals codes do not apply to these settings.
By the September of the academic year before the one in which they will apply, 16 to 19 academies and FE colleges should publish their arrangements. Parents, carers and young people will use these to make an informed choice, so they should remain unchanged during that year
The admission arrangements should include details of: the open days planned how to apply for a place whether the 16 to 19 academy or FE college gives priority to applications from pupils enrolled at particular schools
N/A 1.19.
N/A 1.20.
N/A 1.21.
What community and voluntary-controlled schools must publish
Maintained
Community and voluntary-controlled schools must publish a link to the local authority’s website for parents and carers who wish to nd out about the school’s admission and appeal arrangements. It is the local authority that manages both processes.
Section 2. Annual reports and accounts
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
What academy trusts must publish
YES 2.1.
Academy trusts must publish their audited annual report and accounts on their website by 31 January each year. Guidance is available in the academy trust handbook
N/A 1.22. Multi Academy Trust
What FE colleges must publish
By 31 January each year, FE colleges must publish their annual report and audited nancial statements in an easily accessible location on their website and retain them there for 2 years.
Section 3. Behaviour policy
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
Additional information is available in the government guidance for school leaders and staff on developing and publishing your school’s behaviour policy.
What schools must publish
N/A 3.1.
Schools must publish their behaviour policy. It must comply with section 89 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
What academies must publish
N/A 3.2.
Academies must publish their behaviour policy, including their anti-bullying strategy Guidance on developing and publishing a behaviour policy is available.
What FE colleges should publish
FE colleges should publish their behaviour policy, including their anti-bullying strategy.
Section 4. Careers Programme Information
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
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This information has been simpli ed to be more clear and easy to understand. The information below has been collated from the requirements published by DfE and restructured to be easier to understand and implement.
Statutory guidance on providing careers guidance is available.
What all secondary schools, secondary academies, 16 to 19 academies and FE colleges must publish
N/A 4.1.
N/A 3.3. Academy Free School Maintained FE College KS4 KS5
All listed schools above must publish a policy statement to comply with section 42B of the Education Act 1997, known as the ‘provider access legislation’ This statement must set out the circumstances in which they will give providers of technical education and apprenticeships access to year 8 to 13 pupils, as applicable.
For the current academic year, this must include:
FE College KS5
the name and contact details of their careers lead
N/A 4.3.
a summary of the careers programme, including details of how young people, parents, carers, teachers and employers can access information about it
N/A 4.4.
how the academy or college measures and assesses the programme’s impact on young people
N/A 4.5.
the date by which it will review this information
Section 5. Charging and remissions policies
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
Guidance on charging for school activities is available Sections 449 to 462 of the Education Act 1996 set out the law on charging in schools maintained by local authorities. Academies are required by their funding agreement to comply.
What schools and academies must publish - schools and academies must publish their: charging policy, giving details of activities for which they will charge parents and carers remissions policy, giving details of the circumstances in which they will wholly or partly waive any charge they would otherwise expect parents and carers to pay
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 5.1.
Section 6. Complaints policy
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
All schools and colleges should publish details about their complaints policies and procedures. Read guidance on developing your school’s complaints procedure.
What maintained schools must publish
N/A 6.1.
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 5.2. Maintained
Schools must publish their complaints policy to comply with section 29 of the Education Act 2002. The best practice guidance supports them to
set up and review their complaints procedures.
They must also publish the details of any arrangements for handling complaints from parents and carers about the support they provide for children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) They must do this as part of their SEN information report.
What academy schools and trusts must make available
All academies and trusts (with the exception of 1619 academies) must have a complaints procedure that meets the requirements in the standard at the Education (Independent School Standards (England) Regulations 2014 Schedule 1, Part 7. The complaints procedure must be available to parents and carers of children attending an academy.
What academy schools must publish
Academy schools must publish the details of any arrangements for handling complaints from parents and carers about the support they provide for children with special educational needs and disability (SEND). They must do this as part of their SEN information report.
What academy trusts and FE colleges must publish
Academy trusts must publish details of their whistleblowing procedure.
FE colleges must publish their whistleblowing policy and regularly review it.
Section 7. Contact details
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
What all schools must publish their postal address their telephone number
7.1.
the name of the member of staff who deals with queries from parents and carers, and the public
What mainstream maintained and academy schools must publish
Mainstream schools must also publish the name and contact details of their special educational needs co-ordinator.
What academy schools and FE colleges should publish the name of their headteacher or principal
7.5.
7.6.
N/A 7.7.
the name and contact details of the chair of their governing body, if applicable
the contact details of their academy trust and a link to its website, if applicable
Section 8. Curriculum
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
This requirement is for information about the curriculum being taught at your school to be presented on your website Some requirements are education phase speci c The information below has been collated from the requirements published by DfE to avoid duplication and make the information easier to understand.
What all schools must publish the content of the curriculum in each academic year for every subject, including mandatory subjects such as religious education (RE) – this applies even if it is taught as part of another subject or known by another name
N/A 8.1.
N/A 8.2.
information to make parents and carers aware they have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE how parents, carers or other members of the public can nd out more about the curriculum
N/A 8.3.
N/A 8.4.
an accessibility plan that sets out how, over time, they will increase the extent to which disabled pupils participate in the curriculum
What schools with key stage 1 provision must publish
N/A 8.5.
Schools with key stage 1 provision must publish a list of any phonics or reading schemes they use.
What schools with key stage 4 provision must publish
N/A 8.6.
Schools with key stage 4 provision must publish a list of the key stage 4 courses they offer, including GCSEs
Where relevant: 16 to 19 quali cations they offer
N/A 8.7.
What all schools should publish
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Alongside the content of their music curriculum, all schools are expected to publish information about their music development plan. A template is available to support with this.
Free School Maintained N/A 8.8.
What all academies must publish
Academies must publish their policy on relationships education or relationships and sex education. They should consult parents and carers when developing and reviewing it It must meet pupils’, parents’ and carers’ needs, and re ect the community the academy serves.
Free School N/A 8.9.
What academies with 16 to 19 provision should publish
N/A 8.10.
Academies with 16 to 19 provision should also publish information on how their curriculum meets the 16 to 19 study programme requirements
Section 9. Ethos & values
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
What schools, academies and FE colleges should publish
N/A 9.1.
Publish a statement of their ethos and values
Section 10. Executive Pay
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
These requirements are speci c to academy trusts and FE colleges. There is no requirement for academies to publish information related to the trust, nor is there a requirement for maintained schools to publish this information.
The requirements for trusts to publish nancial information are set out in the academy trust handbook.
What academy trusts must publish
YES 10.1.
Academy trusts must publish the number of employees whose salary and related bene ts exceeded £100,000 during the previous academic year ended 31 August. They must present this information in: an easily accessible form
£10,000 bandings
What FE colleges must publish
FE colleges must publish in their annual accounts the salaries of higherpaid staff, in line with the college accounts direction.
Section 11. Financial Information
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
These requirements are speci c to maintained schools. Note that this requirement includes the previously separate requirement for linking to the benchmarking service.
What schools must publish
the number of their employees, if any, whose gross annual salary exceeds £100,000, presenting this information in £10,000 bandings –DfE recommends using a table to display this
N/A 10.2. Maintained N/A 11.1.
a link to the dedicated webpage for their school on the schools nancial benchmarking service.
Maintained N/A 11.2.
Section 12. Governance Information
COMPLETED / NOT COMPLIANT
Schools must publish on their website up-to-date details of its governance arrangements in a readily accessible form. The details below have been broken down by school type.
FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
There is no prescriptive way to collect this data, but schools may choose to follow a similar approach to that they use to collate the diversity data of pupils.
Board or committee members can opt out of sharing their information, such as protected characteristics, including after the data has been published.
Schools must ensure that individuals cannot be identi ed, which may be a particular issue when board or committee member levels are low Guidance on the Equality Act 2010 and data protection in schools is available.
FOR MULTI-ACADEMY TRUSTS
There is no prescriptive way to collect this data, but trusts may choose to follow a similar approach to that they use to publish the diversity data of pupils
Board or committee members can opt out of sharing their information, such as protected characteristics, including after the data has been published.
Trusts must ensure that individuals cannot be identi ed, which may be a particular issue when board or committee member levels are low Guidance on the Equality Act 2010 and data protection in schools is available.
Further guidance is available in the academy trust handbook
FOR FE COLLEGES
They may wish simply to publish their governors’ handbook, which should include all of this information.
They should also publish their instrument and articles of government.
DfE encourages FE colleges to make an energy and carbon reporting disclosure equivalent to that set out in the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018. Guidance is available in the college accounts direction.
What maintained schools must publish
Maintained N/A 12.1.
Maintained N/A 12.1.1.
Maintained N/A 12.1.2.
Schools should publish information about: their structure their responsibilities
Maintained N/A 12.1.3.
each governor or associate member
Maintained N/A 12.1.4.
governors’ or associate members’ relevant business and nancial interests
whether associate members have voting rights
DfE also encourages schools to publish easily accessible data about the diversity of: their board
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any associated committees
What FE colleges must publish
their submitted annual accountability statement (part 2) within 3 months of the start of the academic year –that is, by 1 December
regular reviews of how well the education or training provided by the college meets local needs, in particular, those related to employment
a statement in their annual report on the development of governors and governance professionals
They should publish a summary of the outcomes of their external governance review and the associated action plan (at least every 3 years, with updates following the annual governance self-assessment).
What academy trusts must publish
Academy trusts must publish the following in an easily accessible format on their website:
a memorandum of association their articles of association
the names of trust members and academy trustees
the relevant business and nancial interests of members, trustees, local governors and accounting of cers
Comment: You have published the attendance information but not the business interests of the Trust members/trustees
their funding agreement
any supplemental funding agreement up-to-date details of governance arrangements
What academy trusts should publish
DfE DfE encourages academy trusts to publish easily accessible data about the diversity of: academy trusts to publish easily accessible data about the diversity of: their board any associated committees
What FE colleges should publish
FE colleges should publish the following: their governing body’s structure and responsibilities details of any committees the names of the chair and governors information on governor recruitment, such as selection procedures and the work of any search committee
Section 13. Ofsted report
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
All schools are required to do one of the following. See the Schudio Tip below for best practice advice.
What schools and academies should publish
All schools and academies should publish either:
copy of their most recent Ofsted report, or
link to the report on the Ofsted website
Section 14. Pay gap reporting
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
This is an entirely new requirement with different requirements for all organisations Note how the advice is to publish this information no matter what size organisation you are. We have collated the requirements to make this easier to understand and implement.
Statutory guidance on the gender pay gap information employers must report is available.
Guidance onwho counts as an employeeis available
For schools interested in looking at their ethnicity pay gap, guidance for employers on voluntary ethnicity pay reporting is also available
What schools, academy trusts, academies and FE colleges with 250 or more employees must publish
N/A 14.1.
Schools with 250 or more employees must, in line with the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017:
N/A 14.1.1.
report their gender pay gap information to the government via the gender pay gap service
N/A 14.1.2.
publish this information in a prominent place on their website within one year of their ‘snapshot date’, which, for most public authority employers, will be 31 March
What schools, academy trusts, academies and FE colleges with 250 or more employees may wish to publish
N/A 14.2.
Most public authority employers, including schools, do not need to publish a written statement on their public-facing website.
However, schools with 250 or more employees may wish to publish:
N/A 14.2.1.
N/A 14.2.2.
a supporting narrative to explain their gender pay gap
an action plan that sets out how they plan to address it
What schools, academy trusts, academies and FE colleges with fewer than 250 employees should publish
Schools with fewer than 250 employees: are not required to comply with the regulations, but should give serious consideration to the business bene ts of doing so.
Comment: Please be aware of 14.3
Section 15. PE and sport premium
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
The Association for Physical Education and Youth Sport Trust have jointly developed a template that can be used for recording and reporting on the premium’s impact.
Further guidance is available in the conditions of grant document.
What all schools with primary-aged pupils must publish
N/A 15.1.
Academies that receive PE and sport premium funding must publish, by 31 July each year:
N/A 15.1.1.
the amount of premium funding received
N/A 15.1.2.
a full breakdown of how it has been or will be spent the impact seen by the school on pupils’ participation and attainment in PE and sport
N/A 15.1.3.
N/A 15.1.4.
N/A 15.2.
how this improvement will be sustained
By 31 July each year, the academy must also publish the percentage of pupils in year 6 who have met the national curriculum requirement to:
N/A 15.2.1.
swim competently, con dently and pro ciently over a distance of at least 25 metres
N/A 15.2.2.
use a range of strokes effectively – for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
N/A 15.2.3.
perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Section 16. Public sector equality duty
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
The Equality Act 2010: advice for schools provides guidance on how schools can show they have complied, as required by the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality Act 2010 (Speci c Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017.
What schools, academies and FE colleges must publish details of how they comply with the public sector equality duty, updating this every year their equality objectives, updating these at least every 4 years
N/A 16.1.
N/A 16.2.
What FE colleges should publish an annual equality, diversity and inclusion review, including data on protected characteristics at these levels:
N/A 16.3.
N/A 16.3.1.
board
N/A 16.3.2.
N/A 16.3.3.
N/A 16.3.4.
N/A 16.4.
executive leadership staff student the actions taken to address disparities
Section 17. Pupil premium & recovery premium
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
What schools and academies must publish
N/A 17.1.
Schools that receive pupil premium and recovery premium funding must publish a strategy statement by 31 December each year
It must explain how the:
N/A 17.2.
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pupil premium and recovery premium is being spent
Free School Maintained N/A 17.3.
N/A 17.4.
school is improving outcomes for pupils by how it is spending this funding
Schools must publish the statement in the DfE template provided on the pupil premium guidance page, so it meets the requirements set out in the conditions of grant document
Free School Maintained
N/A 17.5.
DfE recommends that schools plan their pupil premium spending over 3 years. If they do so, they must still update their statement annually to re ect:
N/A 17.5.1.
N/A 17.5.2.
their spending activity for the current academic year
the impact of pupil premium in the previous academic year
Section 18. Remote education
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
What schools and academies must publish
N/A 18.1.
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Schools should publish information about their remote education provision.
Section 19. School opening hours
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
This requirement was new in 2022 and it still missed by lots of schools. Schools should publish on their website their opening and closing times and the total time this amounts to in a typical week
(for example 32.5 hours).
Schools should show the compulsory times they are open. This time runs from the of cial start of the school day (morning registration) to the of cial end of the compulsory school day. It includes breaks, but not optional before or after school activities.
What all schools and academies should publish of cial start time of the compulsory school day of cial end time of the compulsory school day
N/A 19.1.
N/A 19.2.
total time this amounts to in a typical week, including breaks but not after-school activities
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Academy Free School Maintained N/A 19.3.
Section 20. School uniform
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
This requirement was new in 2022 and is still missed by lots of schools. The department produces statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms which schools must have regard to when developing and implementing their school uniform policy This guidance requires schools to publish their uniform policy on their website.
What all schools and academies should publish
N/A 20.1.
Schools whose pupils are required to wear a uniform should publish an easily understandable policy on their website, in line with statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms.
Academy Free School Maintained
It should include information about: optional or required items
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 20.2.
N/A 20.3.
items that will be worn only at certain times of year (for example, winter or summer uniform)
N/A 20.4.
items that must be branded or can be generic
Academy Free School Maintained
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N/A 20.5.
N/A 20.6.
whether items can be bought only from a speci c retailer or more widely
where second-hand uniform can be purchased
Academy Free School Maintained
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Section 21. Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability Information
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
You must publish a report on your school’s policy for pupils with SEN and update it annually. You should update any changes occurring during the year as soon as possible. You should update any changes occurring during the year as soon as possible. The report must comply with section 69 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
What all schools and academies must publish
Schools must publish an SEN information report. It should be updated annually and any changes to the information occurring during the year should be updated as soon as possible
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.1.
To comply with section 69 of the Children and Families Act 2014, the report must contain:
N/A 21.2.
the SEN information speci ed in Schedule 1 to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 – statutory guidance is available in paragraphs 6.79 to 6.82 of the SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years
Academy Free School Maintained
additional information about the:
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.3.
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.3.1.
arrangements for the admission of disabled pupils
steps the school has taken to prevent disabled pupils from being treated less favourably than other pupils
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.3.2.
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.3.3.
N/A 21.4.
facilities it provides to help disabled pupils access the school
accessibility plan it has prepared under paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to the Equality
Academy Free School Maintained
increase the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the curriculum
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.4.1.
improve the physical environment to increase the extent to which disabled pupils can take advantage of the educational bene ts, facilities or services provided or offered
Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.4.2. Academy Free School Maintained N/A 21.4.3.
improve the way disabled pupils can access information that is easily accessible to pupils who are not disabled
Section 22. Test, Exam and Assessment Results
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
We have combined the requirements below and worked on the basis that where some requirements for academies are marked as ‘should’ by DfE, we have marked these as ‘must’ for ease of understanding and implementation. So, all requirements below should be understood to be mandatory for all schools, where the key stage is applicable.
NOTE FOR KS5 (16 - 18)
They do not have to publish the following measures for the 2022 to 2023 academic year, as these are not being published by the Secretary of State: level 3 value-added English and maths progress measure
What all schools, academies and college must publish
N/A 22.1.
All schools should publish a link to the compare school and college performance service and to their own performance measures page on it.
Key stage 2
N/A 22.2.
All primary schools and academies with key stage 2 pupils must publish their most recent key stage 2 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising their progress scores in:
reading
the percentage of their pupils who achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)
N/A 22.4.
the percentage of their pupils who achieved a higher standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)
N/A 22.5.
their average scaled score in:
reading maths
Key stage 4
All schools and academies with key stage 4 pupils should publish their most recent key stage 4 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising:
their Progress 8 score
the percentage of their pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE maths (combined)
their Attainment 8 score
the percentage of their pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4
the percentage of their pupils who were entered for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc)
their EBacc average point score (APS)
Key stage 5 (16 to 18)
Academies and FE colleges with students aged 16 to 18 and secondary schools with sixth forms must publish their most recent 16 to 18 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising their students’ headline:
attainment measures
retention measures
destination measures
Section 23. Safeguarding
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
This list of requirements is NOT published on the main requirements pages currently but as of September 2019 the guidelines around Keeping Children Safe in Education makes speci c mention of the requirement to publish safeguarding information on the school website.
In an inspection, the lead inspector will prepare for the inspection by gaining an overview of the school’s recent performance, and any changes since the last inspection. There is also a requirement around making some of your safeguarding information available publicly, with your website being the speci c medium mentioned to do this
Pre-inspection planning will be informed by analysis of information on the school’s website including the presence and suitability of the safeguarding guidance Include suitable safeguarding guidance on your school website. The child protection policy should describe procedures which are in accordance with government guidance and refer to locally agreed multi-agency safeguarding arrangements put in place by the three safeguarding partners.
23.1.
Individual schools and colleges should ensure they have an effective child protection policy. This should be updated annually (as a minimum), and be available publicly either via the school or college website or by other means
Section 24. Multi Academy Trust Requirements
COMPLETED / COMPLIANT
A number of requirements are speci ed throughout the individual sections A small number of pieces of additional information are list below which trusts should publish. These are not speci ed in the requirements on what must be published online but rather in the academy's handbook or required information for all organisations.
Privacy Policy & Data Protection
YES 24.1.
Publish your privacy policy
Academy Trust
This should include details of the personal information you process, and the purposes for processing. Your privacy policy may also include details about the use of cookies on your website
Company Requirements
YES 24.2.
YES 24.3.
YES 24.4.
Part of the UK the company is registered (eg England and Wales)
